SRINAGAR, Aug 9: Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti is leaving for New Delhi tomorrow and is likely to meet prime minister Narendra Modi and other political leaders amid the row over the petition on abrogation of Article 35-A.

Sources told KNS that the CM will likely to meet prime minister and leaders of other political parties over the issue of Article 35-A.

Mehbooba will also meet leaders of other political parties to apprise them of the fallout of proposed abrogation of Article 35-A, the sources said.

Opposition political parties have suggested to Mehbooba to lead an All Party Delegation to the PM over the issue of the article 35-A.

The CM met NC patron Dr Farooq Abdullah, JKPCC president G A Mir, other opposition leaders in the last two days over the issue.

NEW DELHI, Aug 9 (Agencies): Amid the border standoff with China, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Indian armed forces are strong enough to meet any challenge to the country’s security as he underlined that lessons have been learnt from the 1962 war.
He also said in the Rajya Sabha that the people of the country have a predominant wish of retrieving the parts of Jammu and Kashmir occupied by Pakistan since 1948.
Jaitley, while initiating a special debate to mark the 75th anniversa